J-List

Founded by American expat Peter Payne, J-List is sort of the Amazon for unique Japanese merchandise. With the tagline “You’ve got a friend in Japan,” J-List carries many things that are sure to be of interest to Asian Sirens readers, such as race queen and gravure idol Airi Nagasaku’s first hardcover photobook. (Cover above)

The prices for the merchandise J-List carries are reasonable to moderate, considering there aren’t a lot of resources outside of Japan for what they offer. In addition to books and DVDs, they carry a variety of adult toys, cast off figures (Battle Vixens’ Housen Ryofu, pictured below, being a personal favorite), and English language eroge, bishōjo, and dating sim material. In other words; good ol’ Japanese hentai galore. They also give “points” for every purchase that can be used for discounts and bonuses.

Described as “a strong bisexual fighter with a very promiscuous personality and a habit for dressing in skimpy outfits,” Battle Vixens’ Housen Ryofu (above) is one of J-List’s most popular cast off figures.

 Among the DVDs J-List carries, is a good selection of “kyonyu” stuff, and what would that be without kyonyu icon Hitomi Tanaka. Above is the G-cup darling gracing the cover of No Brassiere Life of Big Breasts Wife [sic]. Some of the Japanese-produced DVDs from J-List are coded for Region 2 (Japan) but that’s clearly detailed in the descriptions.

Not everything J-list offers, they keep in stock indefinitely. An unfortunate case-in-point is the tanned and buxom figure of Anette-san (above), who, was obtainable from J-List as of the writing of this article, but as of this posting, she recently became no longer available from them.

For those just looking for non-adult-oriented Japanese goodies (for whatever reason), there’s J-Box; J-List’s PG-rated companion site, which doesn’t carry the racy items the R-to-borderline-NC-17 J-List does.

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